Jury Finds Man Guilty, Other Pleads In Bristol Robbery, Shooting

One man has been found guilty by a jury and the other pleaded guilty for their role in a 2018 robbery and shooting that left a man with lifelong injuries.

After three days of testimony and three hours of deliberation on Thursday, Jonathan Black, 22, of Bristol Borough, was found guilty by a jury on four counts of attempted homicide and other counts of robbery, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, and related offenses, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.

Black’s girlfriend and Jordan Jones, 19, of Bristol Township and Sarasota, Florida, testified against the 22 year old during the trial.

Before he testified, Jones pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy for his role in the June 3, 2018 incident.

Prosecutors made the case that Black fired at least two shots from a .380 semi-automatic handgun late at night in the area of Spruce and Headley streets in Bristol Borough. One of the bullets struck a man in the face and other got struck in a white Volkswagen Jetta, which had four people in it.

Leading up to the shooting, Black and Jones fooled one of the people in the car by getting them to pay $450. Instead of turning over a promised gun, they received an empty bag. The two men had the car return and said they forgot the gun, but it was a plot to rob the group finding out they had marijuana, authorities said.

Jones, who was 17 at the time, ripped one of the men from the car and beat him and struck his head into the car, but it began to drive away. Black then ran to follow and fired the handgun, stating that he wanted to kill everyone inside, authorities said.

As borough police were responding to the shots fired call, they were alerted that the shooting victim had been dropped off at Lower Bucks Hospital.

Officers ended up pulling a traffic stop on the Jetta along Corson Street and a bullet hole and blood were found.

Black and Jones were in the wind after the shooting and captured a few weeks after by the U.S. Marshal Service’s Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force at Racquet Club Apartments on Veterans Highway (Route 413) in Middletown. Authorities said tips from LevittownNow.com readers helped capture the two men.

Jones was sentenced Friday to four to 10 years in state prison with 15-years concurrent probation.

Black will be sentenced at a later date and his bail was revoked at the verdict on Thursday.